Monday, April 26, 2010

Welcome to our Virtual Baby Shower!

At the baby shower last Saturday we collected over $2,000 worth of baby items for the Teddy Bear Den! Thank you so much to everyone who came, who helped, who donated, who participated, and who helped to spread the word. Look at what you all were able to accomplish! It turned out wonderfully, and the people from the March of Dimes were just thrilled.

Welcome to the virtual portion of our baby shower to benefit the March of Dimes Teddy Bear Den!The Teddy Bear Den is a great charity that gives incentives to low income pregnant women for participating in healthy behaviors that help to prevent birth defects.

We need your help to stock the Den with baby items - and if you donate an itemto the Teddy Bear Den (or have donated), you can enter to win one of the great donated prizes below!

Once you've made your tax deductible donation, please come back here and leave a commentstating that you've donated and you're entered to win. (We're operating on the honor system.) We'll randomly select the winners on Saturday, May 1st.

Thinking of donating but don't want to pay shipping? Walmart is offering free shipping on all of their baby rollback items. Children's Place is offering $5 shipping, no matter the size of the order. Drugstore.com is offering free shipping on orders over $25. eBabyCarriers has free shipping every day. If you hear of any other similar offers, please let us know so that we can post them for others to take advantage of.

Thanks so much for your tax deductible donation!

(If you're a member of Service Soapbox, please help to promote the virtual shower on your blog.)

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Ulta is donating a $25.00 gift certificate good for anything in their online store.

Amy from Mod Podge Rocks is donating FIVE Mod Podge Supply kits with five two ounce bottles of Mod Podge. Check out her blog, full of fun decoupaging ideas.

Shabby Apple is donating one of their 90 Words Per Minute jersey dresses.

"The updated styling of this secretary dress, included flattering ruching at the hips and banded sleeves, keeps the look fresh and contemporary, while the playful sash at the neckline adds a nostalgic flair. Pair with heels, tortoise-rim glasses and a sleek ponytail for the office or dress it down with flats and a smart jacket."

They have a large selection of adorable beanies, bows, bracelets, clippies, flower clips, headbands and much more.

Doodlekins makes whimsical personalized cartoon family labels, stationery, and gifts. They are generously donating a matching gift pack of 30 personalized note cards with envelopes, a set of 30 personalized stationery with envelopes, a set of 60 personalized address labels, and a set of 60 personalized address seals.

Marili Jean has darling hats, barrettes, headbands and accessories for little girls. They are generously donating a $25 gift card to their store.

The Art of Motherhood is donating a fun Spring Minutes With Me Kit. These kits are like seasonal lesson plans for moms. They give you great ideas for having fun with your children and making the most of each season. Each kit includes a Minutes with Me activity book, activity pages, CarTalk cards, 3 decks of fun activity cards, bingo boards, and more.

Bellybuds™ are wearable speakers for moms-to-be who want to play prenatal music and sounds to a developing child in the womb. They consist of a pair of simple, two-inch modular bellyphones that plug into any standard mp3, digital music player or sound device, and can be placed anywhere on the abdomen. Bellybuds is donating a deluxe Bellybuds package, which includes 1 set of bellybuds™ bellyphones™, 2 sets of hydrogel adhesive rings, 1 set of bellybuds™ buddons™, 1 one neoprene storage pouch with belt clip, 2 bellyphones™ dock and 1 audio splitter.

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